Lucky Cement Ltd is close to winning a permit to extract limestone in Punjab province, signaling expansion plans for the Pakistan producer. The company will get a limestone quarry for a cement plant in Punjab, and the local administration has approved the deal, said Arshad Mehmood, secretary for Punjab?s mines and minerals department, the report stated.
Although no longer Pakistan?s largest producer following Bestway Cement?s purchase of in Lafarge Cement Pakistan Ltd, Lucky Cement operates two facilities – a 3.9 mtpa plant in Pezu and a 3.6 mtpa works in Karachi.